NIH News and Resources for Healthcare

NIH Grant Funds Efforts to Advance At-Home Cancer Care

August 10, 2023 - The Managing Symptoms and Psychological Distress During Oral Anti-Cancer Treatment grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is assisting Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and other organizations in expanding cancer management at home through new technology. “More and more of the care provided by the nation’s cancer centers...

NIH Recognizes Various Tools for Improving Maternal Health Outcomes

April 06, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Earlier this month, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a list of winners that were selected to advance in a prize competition to improve maternal outcomes known as Rapid Acceleration of...

New Federal Telehealth Program Aims to Treat COVID-19 Patients at Home

January 06, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

The National Institutes of Health (NIH), in collaboration with the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), has launched a...

Researchers Design Material for Wearable Monitor to Track Heart Health

December 09, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

After receiving a $2.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a team of researchers from the University of Missouri created a breathable material for a wearable heart monitor...

Clinical Trial to Assess Efficacy of Virtual Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

November 08, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

After receiving a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), telehealth provider Ria Health announced that it would collaborate with Stanford University to test the efficacy of its...

Researchers Win NIH Grant to Treat Opioid Overuse Through Telehealth

October 07, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Using a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers from CUNY Graduate School of Public Health (CUNY SPH) and Yale School of Medicine plan to implement a telehealth...

NIH to Fund Creation of Telehealth Research Centers for Cancer Care

August 24, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Four organizations, including NYU Grossman School of Medicine and the University of Pennsylvania, will set up telehealth research centers of excellence focused on cancer care using funding from the...